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      FRANCE . ' •• 1 PS . 1 T 5 . that within the last few days pla-[ aJ ?< Is-W ,, tnjfcop in certain quarters of the citv , : & V ^ Tro « ' nc tt f-. ct : — " Oatkmande desltomm ' cs , lr . ff * ' t ' ver mf < w- ct "rttewr dove caamfacs " lT . V " r f a _ -Vcn t ° swce P a coun nn < 5 to c ^ two jT 'j'jft 'jT 'l' 'T' jvijnilar placards were ajp . ch . es before the ^ isA ' ? ' p J - j „ iv . Accruing to La INforme , the toIi ^ Ib" ^ t ) l . fc ( j ^ , ! luesc bil js . - he * dbf * " * . - tnejr zea ! . have maltreated those who ? *? Slsonrr to M De LaurasE . —The Pr ^ c r * r + t " the following description of thc dinner P-jsi" - - * " ^ , -j Laraartine at Macon , in a letter ^^ Cn-ni that t ,, wn on tIie afternoon of the lS : h , Th ^" oW * £ ^ en t 0 thi < anthov of Thi Girondinshas ? . ' I . dutti " - Visierday thc « orm was rs-iing ; the " 'J * ! " ( i . c . iy : a hurricane laifed cVndsof dust and "I , W , ta ^ * ™™ ia a s *^ "' - Tn - ' rooniingthe ' ^ ri'i-laii . 'nt . At an early hour , Macon asof

      , , f 8 ^ jj , abearance a public rejoicing ; carriages f ^ a ' stM " 1-1 ' ' ™ ' * conveyed without inttrmissjon nume-. ' * " . j ^ a it * « 'f gues's , and on all sides were to be seen jj ^ jf-.-cs . sympathising hearts , aud f . auk hospitar iw R ^ e ' y have we sern more sincere alsrity com . iei hfcea ™ mt , rc di S n 5 fitd decorum . Rich and poor , if wteri * ana nnletttiwA . all hail . d a name wWch repress ^ s bw ( jaT » e - l ufriee < btEeficence , and anstere pro-T « tv ~ A 11 came w cam P Knltnt ** - de Lamanine , the ' i J & x ef ? eaias « tbe eiCeUlDt and affable individualsi jjod Jriih "gar ' 1 to the weak and the humble , because i wis himsdt great and powerful—the orator and tbe

      ! ruttsnian who wishes to be m rely the first amongst « s fdlow-citizcns . AH felt that this was a great day « r Jnti / S an ^ for humanity , for at this banquet were i jjjted every elevated sentiment with the most pure i jjsJacred opini » ns , devoted to the elect of intelligence I jj 3 liberty . A noble and affecting reunion ! Gwece i Hi her O lympic games , where , formerly , in presence of u ss- 'emWed nation , a great poet or renowned liistojjin was crowned . France bad to day , in tbe centre of jBtient Baniuudy , her Olympic games , instituted not tea lair , but by the most instantaneous and most gejaine admiration . At 2 o ' clock all steps were directed asaris tbe bsnquet-hall . A worthy citizen bad offered

      s vast enclosure on the banks of the Saone in a part of fit wwn to which access was easy . A sailcloth ornasaited with green boughs and flower * was raised over is ground . Tables were placed formine a semicircle , jjthe centre of which was placed the President and M . {• Lam & Ttine . At each column was raised a tricolour fif witb the nanus of Lyons , Chalons , Bonrg , Autun , ( IsmS , ifacon , ifcc . united with tbat ^ of Lamanine . A plSry was prepared for the ladies , which coro" zsa & ea a full view of the banquet-ball . There were yM subscribers and more than 4 , 000 spectaias . The poor were not forgotten . Two nrns

      jjicea at the entrance received tbe offerings of the [ fciritable . The banquet commenced at 4 o ' clock . Imjs 3 iately afterwards a clap of thunder was heard ; the jmicaae became isore severe than that of the preceding £ 15 ; ibe cleth which formed the tent was torn in pieces , MKBB of rain fell on the table , and then was to be sees a truly admirable spectacle . A few timid persons fed , bat by an unanimous movement tbe majority of tbe n : sts rose and approached the centre table without noise c : confusion , and there , in the midst of the lightning and tberouing of the thunder , the last cenplet of the Marseilbse was sung , as it to brave the storm , ia a slow and tdirions style by 6 . 000 voices . Oh . Rouget de Lisle , --d too , noble family of Dietrich , which the publication ef ik trirc-Rdiuj has rescued from oblivion , what tears of joy von would have shed had you assisted at the unexrated episode of that grand scene . '

      The storm having ceased , the Mayor of the town , who fxesiced at tbe banquet , rose to address the assembly . 2 a a rigorous discourse , couched in chosen language , and delivered in a firm tone ef voice , be characterised ¦ with troth and warmth the chief merit of the history of de Girondius—the profound and unbounded influence S is calculated to exercise ; and platinghimseli in tbe joint of view of social prinriples , whciiea parties aud their divisions are commanded , he praised unreservedly she writer for the truth and splen-uont of his descriptions . This discourse and the toast which followed called forth fcrstsof applause . Tbe strangers present congratulated ihl town Of Macon on having at its head a mayor of S 3 distinguished a spirit , capable of impressing a serious

      ud liberal direction on afcirs , and the inhabitants felt frond at hearing the eology passed on their chief magistrate , il . de Lamartine next rose to reply to the Fresifent ' s toast . Let any body figure to himself an innumerable multitude of men , women , and jonng people of every class of life , proprietors , farmers , public function . aits , noblemen , artisans , and even soldiers , all come a- eely , their eyes £ xed on one point , their entire existence Suspended to the sonl end to the lips of a single man—a acltitade whose ardent enthusiasm and powerful acclasatisns were , however , repressed and regelated by respect ; and next , on a platform slightly raised , a men of lortj statare , his features chiselled afttr the model of the santnts . fire in hi * eve , and tis forehead resplendent

      wits tcestairp of genius , nis roice sonorous and rnelodioos , accompanied by gesture admirably measured in is entrsy—M . de Lamartine , in a word , elevating bis Editors to the highest and purest regions of the spirit to carry them back to the practice of simple life—s-peakiagcf the future with the inspiration of a prophet , protiiisiiig in magic terms the sovereignty of reason , the « 3 Kanee , every < tay mere necessary , between the govern-HKnt and the people , the providence of < 5 e 4 ,-tb . e i-mmortalbopesof humanity;—in fine , let any one figure to himself 5 , 000 intelligent beinga overwhelmed during one boar-and-a-half with floods of eloquence , and receiving * 2 b religions enthusiasm the word of a genius like anew iajtism , with berets of applause impossible to be

      reasiaed , and aa imperfect image , a cold reflection , will Ukad of that offered by the banquet-hall . 2 \ ever , ia ^ Eino-t krilKant days of the ancient forme or the mo . & ra tiibune , dad any orator ever obtain a mare extraor-& aryormore truly and deservedly popular triumph , hwas becaese none with a more wonderful talent ever esnied higher the love of independence , the esteem of & fellow-men , and the noble desire of extending * sossst mankind Usetaste for strong ideas , the sentiaast of personal dignity , and the consdoesoess-of the ospuficent destinies of humanity . For these reasons , no oaehasbeen more admired nor more beloved , nor ^ fflaoj obtafe a greater portion of respect aao glory in fe great justice of prosperity . To wards half-past seven

      odock the banquet terminated and everybody withdrew ia the midst of the most profound tranquillity . No tuamltnons manifestation , no seditions cries . Each person « hthst he was identified with the general admiration , asflfhathewasrraly ennobled by the majesty of that sseth g . A long and enthusiastic cortege was formed for "K orator . Proa such festivals as that every pasty may jte * eadvantage . Tie ^ Dvemment is compelled to do lOmsje to the calm and dignified good sense of the citi-^ s , * ho know hoc- to respect order without having any ^ WKsity to display a profusion of troops , or to recur to sicret of of

      ^ e manoeuvres the police . The name 3 ) e -Canine , said the people , is alone more powerful to ^ tain oritr than an estire army . There is an adran-* S * tathepeo ; . ! e , vbich thus destroys unjust prejudices * B 4 deprives the Government of the specious pretext * ia & it has too often abused . lortanate are the cititas wjn , jj now J 0 wclj n ( w ^ nononr genius ajl a &&& m ^ miad : A thousand times happy the man who ° ^ crea te such sympathy , and who knows how to in-• Pje tie masses with the love of truth and of goodness , " ^ ttas contributts so gloriously to the regular asd vmc development of liberty !

      G j > Friday the Court of Peers was occupied for ^' hoors with the trialof M . Pellapra , the associate « General Cabieres in corrupting M . Teste . The J ^ oeediags were not particularly interesting . Tbe Relations made in the course of the previous trials toi told the whole story of the corruptions in the l ^ ihenans affair , and as M . Pellapra was not likely 3 > make an ? more disclosures ( tfeongh supposed to be & feto make many , if so inclined , ) the pnblic took ^ little interest in his fate . M . Pellapra admitted ^ the was tie person who paid wer the money to *• Teste . Tie sum was 100 , 000 francs , which was *« Paid in Book of France notes . It is a carious cir'" fcst & nce , and one which accounts for M . Teste ' s

      ?* 5 teiee that ka would not be found guilty , that ? Sforiheacmdestal circumstance of M . Teste Iiav-, B s after sards aifeed M . Pelapra to invest the ^ aeyforbim , M . Teste would never hare been ^* "i clfd . Tbere were bo witnesses called either jfthc presetntion or defence . M . DJangle , the ^ aircur-General , called npon the court to make a uS eexani P- ° f a D ! Sn ^'' t ' ^ ter having accurau-* tea £ 309 , 000 in the oablic service , still continued ™^ 3 to Ms ill-ssdned wealth bv -corrupting the ser-^ of th e Crown . M . Cha « d'Est Angc , who Reared for the defence , made a very powerful p ^ th , bnt merely for the purpose- of showing that "Nientdid notorisinate tbe nlan of enrrnntinir

      p Minister , azd that the part he took in the whole Section was a very limited and secondary one . j"j * Ponrt decided that the punishment ; of M . Pel . ~ fa sJitulrl be the same as that of General Cubieres ^ J P arraentier—namely , civil degradavion , a fine " 10 . 000 francs , and a share of the expense of pro-^ In the course of an houraftcr the tefmination * w trial the fine , < fcc , was paid , and M . -Pdlapea ** « atHbertr . . a Ul x .. io ^ ' PdIa ? ni aa « d that he had never doubted the nffthe Court , andthat , ifhehada 5 scou-ded , J *} because he did not wish to compromise- we ^ P / l accused by his disclosures . He then m-^ n ed how be had bee n induced to interfere wirfa q ^ k b behalf of the company of the mines oi .. ^ eaans . » r did nctat first calculate , " said he .

      JS * l we should have recourse to eormption . I Q * « the affair to if . Teste , who fold me that lie tW S ^ t number of applications to examine , and i » . should come its turn . ' I understand , sj ^? ' raid he Mini ster , 'that it is an excellent *»^ n , i ? plied " ' In &**• «» se . why do you not ll TeJ . f hares ] aiir ' As a Minister . ' observed ^ ferni- - namc ^ nnot well figure on thesub-^ JeTn ^ . Bea"des i lhaveBomonej . ' * Were-^ '' W & o * ej - from Ton ' ' l answered ; « I am Sat , ' i ? " ? ^ you twenty-five shares as apre-J ^ trorffc » H W 3 tcr «*^ me what those shares S * leSiu " ^ ^ OOOf ., and he then told me ? tl W , ^ ! toemoney to the shares . " M . I ^ CofT ^ J " Ewit in offering a bribe to a WMtte ^* e { , ana bast into ( ears . The

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      Attorney-General next addressed the Court »* a maintained the accusation of corruntioa m a ¦ d'Eslause afterwatdsrose and nresentpd ' thnaTp of hiselicnt . When hehad JSS ^ SiSSi ordered the public galleries to be cleared -ESSF ^ Sbm : tW LS ^ rti * r * IC 0 Wl iY , day ' in ««» cq « cnoe of uic exposition of some convicted prisoners at thc f ? 2 ^ de f ^ st , ce »^» cli was quelled by the intcrleronce of the municipal guards . I he session of the Chamber of deputies is virtually at an end . The Notional and other papers ridicule the labours of the session , contending thatthev had Men miserably unproductive of good for the conntrv . b

      Ihe executioner of Paris , M . Samson , having been wipereeded in his functions , had appealed to the tonjicii of S ' ate against the Ministerial decree , wn'c 5-ne says , deprived him unjustly of a post he had filled with distinction . M . Samson had accordingly drawn up a memorial in whicb he first diseased ex ijrofesso thc point of law , and then explained at consider able length the services he had rendered the administration ofjustice . " He had , " he said , ' never been accused of want of attention towards the condemned ; his experience and skill had saved them cany sufferings , and the minutes of bis-proceedings demonstrate that , thanks to him , executions hare never lasted more than twenty-seven seconds . It even happened , when he found manageable subjects , that he executed them in thirteen seconds . "

      SPAIN . The matrimonial quarrels of Ihe Ul-assottedpalr , who are called King and Queen of Spain continues . The Queen having left Madrid for La Granja . The Minister of the Interior had proceeded to La Granja . Report stated that , previous to her departure , the Queen had expressed a desire that the King should not reside in the palace during her absence from the capi'al- In the afternoon of the 18 th the King had civen orders to officers of his household to fit out his apartment iu the valace , as he intended to remove thither on the next evening . The necessary preparalions were accordingly made , and a detachment of halberdiers was ordered to perform duty in the interior of the palace ; but before the latter had taken possession of the post assigned to them , in the morning of the lOih . General Cordova presented himself at the palace with a letter trom the Minister of War , enclosing a royal decree , forbidding the King to isstal himself in the palace , tbe doors of which were immediately closed .

      PORTUGAL . Letters from Lisbon state the pacification of the country had ben completed , bnt in appearance more than in reality . The iDCXtintuisbab'epassion * of southern politicians ( equally intense on both sides ) were likely very speedily to destroy all the fruits of onr intervention ; the electoral strngsle wonld not suffice ; and it was likely that the battle would hava to be fought over again .

      GERWANF . Berujt , July 17- —The preparations for turning the chapel of the Pennsylvania ^ penitentiary into a court ofjustice , for the trial of the persons concerned in the Polish insurrection are terminated . Fivehundred places have , been reserved to the public , and places have been set apart for the corps diplomatique , the great functionaries of state , and other distinguished persons . Tbe number of the accused is between 230 and 260 . They were formerly kept in secreteonfinement , butwirhin the last few days they have been allowed to communicate freely with each other , and with their legal advisers . The period for the commencement of the trial is not yet fixed , but it is believed that it will be Monday , the 2 d August . On the first day all the accused will bo present to hear the reading of the indictment , bat immediately after they will be divided into series and tried separately . The trial , it is believed , will last three months .

      ' SWITZERLAND . The Helvetic Diet , after a long and stormy discussion , decided , on the 20 th inst ., that the league of the seven Catholic cantons was incompatible with the conditions of the federal compact , and that it should be immediately dissolved . Twelve cantons and two half cantons voted the resolution , which was as follows : — 1 . The affiance of the seven cantons of lucerne , Uri , Schwylz , Ufiterwalden , Zug . Fribuig , and Valais is incompatible with tbe essenti : *! dispositions of the compact of the " th of August , ISIS , and is declared to be dissolved . 2 . The abovementioned cantons are to beheld responsible for the execution of tbis decree . 3 . The Oiet reserves to itself , should circumstances require , to adopt ulterior measures to enforce obedience to its decree .

      On tbe 22 nd the deputies of the seven cantons were to make known their reply , which , it was expected would be a formal protest againstthe decision of the Diet . It was only then / that Assembly wonld consider the means of execution . There was little doubt but tbe Catholic cantons would refuse to obey the injunction of the Diet , and even resist it by force . The Paris National contains the . following observations on the first sitting of the Swiss Diet : — This sitting , during which the deputies from the Separatist cantons chief ] j occupied the meeting , afforded bnt little interest . We have vainly sought in tbe speeches ¦ of the deputies from Incerne , Uri . Schwytz . Zujj , TJnter i walden , Triborg , a new idea or even a specious argument . The alliance exists solely through a

      fiasrantviolation of the pact , and it was twin difficulty the representatives endeavoured to defend it on that ground . They indulged in recriminations against the free corps , against new tendencies and revolutionary progress . One of them even attributed all the evils which afflict Switzerland to therevolatioa of July . For a protege of M . Gaizot it was a great liberty . Hereover , in default of reason , the League Is possessed of ardent passions . The violence of its language forms a strong contrast with the perfect moderation of the spetcbes delivered by the deputies of Zurich , Claris , Schaffhansen , and St Gall . The author of that discussion suffirs evidently from the knowledge he possesses of the opinions and the votes of tbe Assembly . . The case is similar to that of a tragedy of which tbe conclusion is previously brown . Tbe question , however , is serious fiom the consequences which ensue , and demands attention . We shall return to it .

      The Friend-of the Constitution , of Berne , of the 19 th inst ., publishes a conversation which took place between M . Boisle Comte , the French ambassador in Switzerland , and M . Oehsenbein , the President of the Diet . M . Boisle Comte asked the President whether he proposed to present M . Guizot ' s letter to the Vorort . On the President having replied in the negative , M . Bois le Comte expressed his intention to publish the letter . " It is not my place , " said the President , "to tell you what you ought or ought not todo , nor will I suffer any one to direct me . " AI . Bois le Comte rose to take leave and said , carelessly "You may be deceived as to the intentions of the powers to interfere . " The President replied , "If they wish to stake their bank we will stake ours . " And thus the conversation terminated .

      The state of Switzerland is becoming daily more and more menacing , and all parties are preparing for a straggle which now appears inevitable . The Sondcround , or Catholic league , baa resolved not to allow the resolution of the Diet , whicb dedares the league of the Catholic cantons to be illegal , to pass without a protest . As soon as thc news reached Lausanue of the resolution of the Diet in favour of the dissolution of the Sonderbund , the Patriotic Society of that town published a proclamation highly approving of the

      resolution , and calling on tbe inhabitants to enrol themselves as volunteers in the corps francs , for the purpose of supporting the Diet . The Council of State upon this immediately met , and adopted a resolution for the dissolution of the Patriotic Society , and on the following day Issued an ordinance to that effect , The ordinance produced an immense sensation throughout Switza-land , and the authorities were consequently compelled to disavow the ordinance , bat the Prefect , IA . Meystre , who signed it , was neither dismissed nor interfered witb .

      The Heleetie of Berne gives the following account of a difference , which nas arisen between M . de Bok-le-Comte , the French Ambassador in Switzerland , and the government of Berne : — ' Ai- de Boisle-Comte has addressed to the government of Berne a threatening note , by which he demands satisfaction , because ados belonging to M . Jenni ( editor of the Charivari of Berne , ) was seen following him on Friday evening at Engi , with two crosses suspended from its collar , ene of which the ambassador pretends was a cross of the Lepion of Honour . It is said that the dog had , in fact , attached to his collar two pieces of tin . which more or less resembled crosses . ''

      ITALY . The Courricr de Marseille gives the following letter from Rome , dated the ISth : — There is a most extraordinary report current at Rome , which has excited great agitation . It states nothing less than tbe discovery of a conspiracy , at the head of which was a cardinal held in great suspicion by the people . I < 2 are not mention the projects attributed to the conspirators until they are in some degree officially made public . It is affirmed that at this mwnent stveral great personages are being arrested , and that they will be sent in the asarse of to-day to the Castle of St Angelo .

      ROME . COKSPIRACT AGAINST TBE TOTS . The Semaphore de Ma-uillcs publishes a letter fVopi Rome , of the 18 th inst ., confirming the report oftu 'e . discorery of a conspiracy against the Papal ( jnyer 'UEent , which was to have taken place on the 17 th th 'a * wr 8 ary 0 ^ ' ie an > n estj- Paid agents ¦ were it if- ' *" « to have crcated an a'arm among the ^ .. ififiifln « gseml » led on the occasion , and to have tf cSdLfcV tbe feet of the 8 oWier 8 ' t 0 iDdura Sf fhdt it « wintended to murder them . Fifty mSacK ^ to havebeenletloose from the pri . fir ^ nX in order « occasion confusion . The . poptt-KMCieenuacc ^ o ^ covered the whole en the Sh TheSS ^ w ^ * mM & d flie m .

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      immediate armament of the NationalGuard . upwards of ^ OOOofthcmost respectable citizens applied to the authorities for arms , " and succeeded in maintaining public tranquility . Cardinal Fcrrcti , the new Secretary of State , arrived at Rome on the 16 th . and judged with his own eyes of the terror and indignation prevailing in the capital . The people received him with acclamation , and in thc evening there was a general illumination . Tbe first act of Cardinal Ferretti was to dismiss and exile Monsignor Gras ? clini , the Governor of Rome , allowing him only 2-1 hours to quit the city . M . Grassolini opposed no resistance and instantlysetout for Naples . The following placard was posted up in Rome on the day the conspiracy was discovered : — NOTICE TO THE PEOPLE . Instructions of Cardinal Lambrdschini and Colonel Nardoni , left to tbe under-mentioned , fer the execution of a popular tragedy .

      INFAMOUS ACTOKS . Monsignor Orasselini , governor-general of the police of Horn-j . Colonel Freddi , president of the famous military commission at the mournful period of 1814 . Captains Allaiand Muzzarelli . lieutenants Gianuci , Sangiorgi , and Benvenuti , Lieutenant of Monsignor Orasselini , assessor of the Government . Minerdi , a celebrated spy . Vincengo Moroni , brother of the inspector-general of thc post-office . The Chevalier Bertola , Sirgeant Pontini . Three sons of tbe notorious spy Galanti ; and

      Fior Avanti Patoca . All devoted to the eternal execration cf the people . ^ Colonel Freddi escaped at the moment some national guardsenteved his house to arrest lum . Tbey found his servants burninir papers with so much precipitation that they set on fire the curtains of his bed-chamber . Captain Muzzarelli and Bertola were apprehended , and the former would have been murdered by the populace had not Prince Alexandre Torlonia and Prince Rospigliosi interfered . The brothers Galanti had made their escape . Various other persons had been arrested , and the disclosures of the prisoners , and the papers seized in their possession , had already thrown much light on the conspiracy . The National Guard was being armed and

      equipped in all haste , and several princes had offered the ground floors of their palnees to establish temporary posts . The troops o the garrison and creu thc gendarmes , in whom the conspirators placed every confidence , fraternized with the people . Col . Bini , commanding a battalion of chasseurs , several officers of which were compromised in tbe plot , bad visited all the posts of the National Guard , and declared , with tears in his eyes , that he was totally ignorant of the designs of those officers . The conspiracy had ramifications in the provinces . On the 17 th , the . day it was to explode , two battalions of Austrian troops of eight hundred men each , followed by four pieces of artillery , with lighted matches , entered Ferrara , a city of the Pope's dominions , iu the citadel of which the Austrian

      maintain a garrison . The soldiers had their-muskets loaded , their bayonets fixed , and wore green bows in their caps . Their behaviour was most insultins , and they affected all the airs of a victorious army entering a vanquished city . The men were quartered in the barrack of San Domenico , and the officers , after an attempt to be billetted on the inhabitants , which was resisted by the Cardinal Legate , were obliged to take up their residence in the hotels . On tbelDtli . those "foreigners" were in possession of the city ; but their endeavours to create disorders by insolent provocations had hitherto failed of effect . AtFaenza , on the 17 th , the Carabineers had attacked the people without any motive , and ,, but for the Swiss troops who joined the latter , many lives would have been lost , so great was the exasperation on both sides .

      POLAND . Gaiicia . —LtMBKRG . Jclv 14 .- —The trial of the Pelish insurgents of Galicia is concluded , tbe sentences having been given and ordered to be instantly executed . Three had been condemned to death , and ihe others , to the number of 200 , sentenced to terms of imprisonment vaiying according- to the degree of guilt of each .

      THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS . THE RUSSIANS AGAIN DEFEATED . Si Petersburgh , Jclv 23 . —We havejust received a report of the new operations in the Caucasus , which opens witb an account of the failure of the storming of the fortified village of Gergebil , in Daehestan , on the part of the Russians . Count Wbrenzow himself led the attack , which consisted of ten battalions of infantry , several divisions of dragoons , Cossacks , and militia , besides twelve cannon , two mortars , and a rocket command . The commanding generals under him were Count Augutinski Dolgorwicki , Count Belutow , Koixeboe , die . The attack was made after lengthened preparations , and after several breaches had been made on the previous day , on the morning

      of the 16 th of June , two columns , one under tho command of Colonel Orbeliam , penetrated simultaneously into the village , but at . length , * though supported by the reserve , were driven back by the Murides , and were compelled to retreat into the camp , whither the second column , commanded by Colonel Jew-dokimow , was also commanded to retire , without being abb to penetrate even as far as the first column . The encounter is described as sanguinary in the extreme . The mountaineers permitted the Russian troops to come close to the wall before they opened their fire , and when the latter had forced their way into the interior of the village , they found unlocked

      for obstacles ; for example , logements concealed in the earth , from which a deadly fire was discharged , fortified cavern-dwellings which were covered with sham roofs , which gave way beneath the besiegers , who clambered upon them and fell upon the swords of the Murides . The obstinate defence of the mountaineers convinced Count Woronzow that the place can only be taken by the irresistible force of artillery , and he has , therefore , for the present given up any farther attack upon Gergebil , especially as the cholera has appeared among the troops . There fell in the fight of the 16 th of Jane , two majors , six superior officers , and 119 privates ; wounded 28 staff and superior officers , and 463 privates .

      UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . Tbe royal mail steamer , Caledonia , arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday morning . The news is not very important . We extract the following from a lummary drawn up from the New York papers : — Since the sailing of tbe steamer of the first no marked change has occurred in the prospects of the war . There is , however , something less of confidence than then prevailed of the speedy return of peace , and the country seems again to havesettlcd down in the conviction thatthe war must be indefinitely continued . Gen . Scott has been compelled to halt at Puebla , where at the latest dates he was awating the arrival of reinforcements . His original intention had been to march npon the capital by the I 0 t . li of June ,

      with whatever force might at that time be under his command . He felt confluent in his ability to capture and bold the city even with C 0 G 0 men ; and this trust was based not more upon the tried value of his troops , than npon the state of parties known to exist among the Mexicans themselves . Since he has been in Mexico Gen . Scott has been in close and constant communication with some of thc leading men of tbe Republic , and the result was the formation of a party decidedly favourable to pence . The war party was in confusion , caused chiefly by the downfall of Santa Anna as a popular favourite . The proclamation of Gen . Scott , in which this chieftain was very bitterly and severely assailed , is said to have caused a reaction in his favour , and to have

      infused a new spirit of determined opposition into the war party , of which he was accounted the head . Upon the whole , the prospect either of peace or of aprompt and effective prosecution of hostilities is not encouraging . Mr Trisfc wassent to Mexico with power to conclude an armistice , should the government consent : but Gen . Scott very promptly put a veto upon this attempt to override and virtually supersede him , by refusing to recognise any such action . The attempt has since been abandoned , and the negotiation transferred to the general himself . The business of thecountiy continues to be flourishing , healthy , and promising . From all parts of thc country the grain harvests promise unprecedented abundance . In the more southern of the wheat growing states the grain has been already gathered , and tbe crop proves to be more than an average ;

      and in no one section of tbe union is there any apprehension of a deficiency . The supply of flour , wheat , and corn , arriving at tide-water through the canals of this state , is large beyond aU precedent . The receipts up to the first week in July of flour this year , were 1 , 578 , 1 TObls ., being 513 , 808 over those of last year : of wheat the receip ts were 1 , 823 , 147 bushels . 1 , 440 . 210 more than last year : and of corn there has been an increrse of 1 , 153 097 bushels , the whole amount received last year np to the present time being only 503 , 334 bushels . The foreign export has been large ; the quantity shipped for Europe within the last ten days having indeed been larger than for that of any similar period in any previous year , though its measures is not in proportion , perhaps , to the incrcaseof receipts . The large receivers , as a general thing , prefers to trust a foreign market to selling at rates currents here .

      Dewsbobv.—The Inhabitants Of Dewsbury Ha...

      Dewsbobv . —The inhabitants of Dewsbury have , during the late exorbitantly high price of food , formed a society called the Dewsbury l'liilantrophic Flour Society , the rules of which society have with a slight alteration been signed by John Tidd Pratt , the revisingbarrister-at-law . A curious discovery has taken place at Moreleda , near Menness . A peasant , who was digging there for clay , found atabeut six feet below the surface , a Chest bound with iron , and containing a long chain and iron collar , and the head of a man , Oft which the sMn and beard were still intact . The government of Berlin has established a central police for all the railroads of Prussia . M . Duncker , counsellor of the government , is placed at the head of tbis most- important branch of the administration , and is succeeded in bis late post of director of tbe police of Berlin bv Barpq MiftuttfU , who held tbe sane office at Poseo ,

      Halifax Election. Meeting In The Odd.Fei...

      HALIFAX ELECTION . MEETING IN THE ODD . FEIXOWS' HALL . On Wednesday the 21 st ., the above Hall was densely crowded , to hear an address froraMr Ernest Jonis . ' Mr bAOKRoGER was called to the chair , and prefaced the business of tho evening in a speech replete with trutli and energy , culling the attention of the ineotiiig to thc calumnious abortions Contained in Mr Pfotheroe ' s re tiling address , respecting Chartism , and introducing ' Mr bRNEST Jones , who was received with deafening chet-ra , and Fpoho as follows :-Mr Chairman and Fellow-countrymen ! Although you will have to stand still for a short time in this Hall to hear me , I do not be ! ieve that you are standing still polilicall y . ner Unit throughout the laud our principles are standing still either ( Hear . )

      . In the good old times of Whig and Tory boroughraongeniiB , either faction was wont to contend nith the other for the loaves aud fishes , and the people had no other concern in tho matter than that of having to pay for it . Buta change camo over the spirit of their dream —the people rose into sufficient power to be worth making a cat ' s paw of—they were made parties in the quar . rel , in which they only got the blows and promisesthey were deluded in party feelings into the support of factions , which were all equally their enemies ' , and have awoke at last to find that their only trust is in God and their own strength . ( Cheers . ) Ah ! another change has come over the spirit of tbe dn-am—factions cease to quarrel—Whig and Tory coalesce agaiast the people , and behold , they forget their party . feuds , and form the

      great leogue of monopoly against progression . So be itl I am glad of it ; it brings us nearer the issue . Let them unite . We can kill two birds witb one Stone . ( Loud Cheers . ) Thus we find that Mr Protberoe has been forced to retire—tho Whigs can no longer contest this borough on their own principles , ( principles , said I ? I forgot— ttuyluivcnone ' . ) but are forced to league witb a Tory in order to face the contempt of their constituency , ( Hear , bear . ) I am the last mania the world to speak ill of a flying enemy , or to triumph ovtr a fallen foe—but then that foe must march away decently , with a respectful dignily ; not like a petted schoolboy , who is denied his holiday cake , ( Laughter , ) I should have passed over Mr Frottic-roe s defeat in perfect silence had he not gone out of his way to fling a

      parting calumny at the very party to which he owed hia seat . ( Hear , hear . ) He has regretted that this borough is throwing itself into the hands of a revolutionary part } —the Chartist party—under whose system property would be insecure , and tbe terrible evil of a separation between Church and State realised . Party ! said he ? I tell tbis borough it is leaving a " party " and joining a people . ( Cheers . ) Revolution . ' said he ? Ah . ' the word is easily used . Whenevernn old pensioned down , ger fears to lose a part of her allowance , she cries over her tea and muffins—'" revohitien ! " ( Laughter . ) Wheaever an asthmatic bishop fears he shall have more work and lets pay , you may hear the pigs grunting , "revolution ! " ( Laughter and cheer ; . ) Whenever a pay-clerk is dismissed or a sinecure

      curtailed , the cry of " revolution " is whined in tha sties of political economy . " Revolution !'' Mr Protberoe , 1 thank you for the word , lam an advocate of revolution , and -ne are in the midst of a glorious revolution now . Catholic emancipation was a revolution I Reform was « revolution I Free Trade was a revolution , and the Charter will be another and a better revolution . ( Tremendous cheers . ) Tbis is not tbe revolution of destruction . Sir , it is that of preservation ! I believe there is no security for property amid a starving people with their rights denied . ' Mr revolution is , do unto others , ss ye would others should do unto you . Therefore , I say , since the working classes enable ns to have comfortable nomas , we should see that they have comfortable homes as well . What is there destructive in the principles I

      advocate-Universal Suffrage and separation of Church and State 1 That is , civil and religious liberty . So one now denies that the vote is the right of every man . We have beaten them from the stand of principle , they nsort to that of expediency . I will fight them with their own weapons . How do tbey justify the present system ! By sajing the force of public opinion la sufficient to control tha electors . If so , If the people do rule iu reality , why not let them do so in the form as well ? But I'll take a higher ground . How do the non-eleclois influence ihe electors ? By intimidation- by exclusive dealing . Surely this is bad , since it corrupts political honesty , and creates social hatred . And when the non-electors ore prevented from exercising this influence , how is tfiij effected ? Why by superior intimidation , by bribery and corruption . There .

      fore you see , if , under the present system , the non-electors exercise their right , it Is done by evil means ; if they are prevented , it is done by evil also ; therefore evil is the system which engenders evil , and I ery Universal Suffrage , to save us from these curst-s of class domination , ( Vehement cheering . ) And then for separation of Church and State . What is there destructive in this ? I always thought religion was an emanation from God , and that faith could not be given by acts of Parliament . But touch one holy penny of the clergy , and they will cry , "The Church is in danger , " Not so—they mean , the purse is in danger . ( Loud cheers . ) Ah ! sir , Mr Protberoe may inveigh against my " revolutionary system "—I dare say it suits him not' I wish to restore the tinge of health to the pale cheek of tbe factory child .

      That is my revolutionary system . I wish to give back the poor babe to the sad breast of thc workhouse mother . That is my revolutionary system . I wish to re-unite those whom God united , and whom man has parted—the aged pauper to his aged wife 2 This is my revolutionary system . ( Great applause . ) Ah 1 sir , fear not to change old institutions merely because they are old , All nature is one eternal revolution . Christ himself purified the old religion with new faith . Shall , man then , stand by finality , when God ' points us to progression ? Nor doubt that we shall be able to achieve these changes . The oak , sir , rises from the small acorn to a mighty tree . And have you marked how the old leaves turn brown and wither , and how they cling to the stem till the fresh green bud is ready to burst from underneath ? and then they fall one

      by one , the old worthless things as tho bright young foliage shoots forth in the light of heaven . Thus be it with the oak of England . ( Tremendous cheers . ) I see many withered leaves upon its tree . I hear them tremble in the blast of liberty , Tbey may have been good and green once and suited to their day , but a fresh age demands a fresh growth ; snd they como falling down one by one , down into that tomb , where we will bury tbe old and are planting the new , ( Great applause , ) ' Wbofesrs to talk of revolution ! England is marching to revolution over broken promises and baffled hopes . Ireland is marching to revolution over the graves of a murdered million . The world is marching to revolution out of the hour of darkness into the age of light . 5 fet bow men eling to the old system . Prejudice mantles around it

      like ivy round a ruin , covering it with a fictitious beauty , but tear down the parasite plant , and you will see bow rotten is the fabric underneath—and you will then mark the owls and bats and vermin of corruption lurking in its mouldering crevices , ( Immense applause . ) You will see that the toppling stories will fall and crush you , unless you pull thc ruin down in time with your own hand , ( Cheers . ) But some say : "What ! 'Will a few sentinels in the House of Commons be able to watch the citadel of freedom 1 " I answer : "Yes . " ( Loud cheers . ) What we cannot obtain to-day we will obtain to-morrow . Our rights must be conceded . Delay them as you maythey must come—they will come , and they shall . Ay ! notwithstanding tbe Whig and Tory coalition , to sell tbis borough . What ? Can they no longer stand alone ?

      Ah ! they are very old and very weak . ( Cheers . ) What ? Musk tbey stand shoulder to shoulder , lest they should slip off the rotten plank of corruption ! Let them ' cling , let them toss , blind mariners on a mighty sea—while we go dashing past tbem in the gallant barque of Libertybut we will stretch forth the helping hand to savo them from the wreck of their own making , if they are willing to mount our deck and sail under the colours-of the Charter . ( Enthusiastic cheering and waving of hats ) Stop ! If you are enthusiastic you will make all the old women in Halifax afraid . K gentleman told mo tbis morning a great responsibility attached to me . I did wrong to come here exciting ' the people . I have no doubt he wished I had not come . ¦ But I tell him I am nothing —a mere cypher—the exponent of a principle—and I

      can tell him more—a thousund abler men than me wero ready at a moment ' s notice to have mounted tbis platform , and done battle for the people . ( Loud cheering . ) Ay ! There does attach a responsibility . It attaches tu every man in this hall . Electors ! You have the keeping of men ' s liberties . Non-electors ! You have tbe vindication of your own . Responsibility ! And what responsibility attaches to those who have let England fall to its present state ? ( Hear , hear . ) Who have slain tbe thousands of factory children to swell the army of innocents in heaven ? Who have slain the millions in Ireland , crownless martyrs , dying for the faults of cabinets ? Ah 1 sir , we will not think of it , lest we should indeed raise the excitement that they tremble at ! ( Oreat cheering ;) I know the responsibility attaching to us all—but ; because

      I know it , I feel also that he is not a min who in titties like these does not march boldly to the front of danger , an « i cry , down tyranny , and , people ! onward ! ( Tremendous cheering . ) And now , dear friends , let me hope you will not let excitement get the better of you . The Tories wilt try to make you drunk , because they know that if you were in your right senses you could not vote for ithem . Should they try to provoke a breach of the peace put tbem down with the strong arm of order . I do not tbink they'll venture to meddle with us . ( Shouts , ot ' not they , ' and cheers . ) And you , electors , a noble majority of whom , I think , are on my side , —remember the important duty that devolves on you . You have taken a bold stand and a proud position , Tarnish not your ho . nour by the bribe of Whig or Tory . Remember the bad laws of seven years will rob you of more than the bribe of an hour will bestow . | £ And if you vote by intimidation , remember that faction is growing weak while tbe people for

      are growing strong . And remember , when you vote u ? , you rote for the pale babe perishing on the dry breast of its hungry mother ! You vote for the greyheaded man In the bastile , impiisoned for having worked too hard and lived too long ! Oh Electors , you vote for yourselves—for su : h may be the fate of many of yeu . Hemember , when tbe working-clnsscs are poor the shopkeepers lose . The working-man may sink the first , but in falling he drags you down npon his lifeless body . Self-interest and conscience call you the same , and , Dissenters ! the align- of God is on those who oppose civil and religious liberty . ( Load cheers . ) Then join in the groat cause . Be Whigs and Tories no longer ! The time is come for you to be Englishmen , ' Faction shall die—politics shall exist no more ! We will buvy them in one grave , decently and respectably—and as the first bright dawn of liberty tinges the grey stone on their tomb ^ you will b « hold where « e hav e written thtir

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      e pitapfc : ' Here lies Whiggeiy and Toryism , buried by the hand of religion , humanity , and liberty !' Mr Jones resumed his seat amid a perfect storm of applause , and with rapturous cheers for the popular candidates the ? ast assemblage separated with the utmost order . «

      ' Irish Confederation. ' The Confederate...

      ' IRISH CONFEDERATION . ' The Confederates held their usual weekly meeting on the 18 th inst . at Carlwright ' s . Air Reunion in tho chair , The secretary read the monthly account ? , which were confirmed ; and was proceeding with the regular business of the meetinj ? , when ° Mr D \ v . '« is said : before they proceeded . to any further business , ho thought it necessary for the character of the body , and for the character of our respected secretary , to notice an effusion of malicious slander which appeared in the Northern Star of * that day . Some were inclined to think that they should not notice it ; but to strangers , who knew nothing of the individual , and who might think him somebody by the pomposity of his bearing—it was necessary

      that the mask of liberality which he wore should be torn off . _ This course was always pursued towards every Irishman who came to London , so soon ns certain ; individual perceived that there was more ability or worth displayed by the new comer . A howl was set up against him if he did not follow in their track—and he was crushed , lie could instance many men-Eugene O'Cavanagh for ono , who was now editor of a London paper . J . Haines , George Archdeacon , a man who , though he ( Mr Dwsin ) differed with him in politics , was a gentleman in manners and behaviour . This mail was grossly slandered by this individual , and every attempt was made to prevent him from getting a living , by injuring his character . Why was this man crushed ? Simply

      because they deputed Mr Archdeacon to wait upon Smith O'Brien , to know if it would be agreeable to him to receive a deputation . Mr O'Brien in the first instance , seemed most anxious tn do so ; but the earsof the other members of the council had been filled with the poison of individual misrepresentation . ( Hear , hear . ) For . this act Archdeacon was treated as a stranger , and an enemy . There was their secretary , also , —he was set down as a stranger , a creator of divisions , an enemy to the cause of human progress . ( Shame !) They had all seen his conduct , and that night tbey should pronounce accordingly . Was there a man who ever came into that room who did not respect their secretary ? He believed there could not be found another man in

      England , Ireland , or Scotland that would be found to raise his voice against him . He had watched him closely , and he was bound to say that there was not a more upright , a more honourable , or a more independent man in Christendom ; and if he were asked for a true type of the Irish nation , he would point to him . Hehad all the openness of heart of a genuine Irishman ; plain , yet polished and intelligent as the first noble in the land . And he would not hesitate to say , that the greatest disgrace that could befall the ' Irish character in London , would bo to keep such a man a stranger aniongst . thcm . ( Cheer . ' , ) Did they know the reason why Mr Clancy was a stranger amongst those men 1 Why , seven years ago Mr Clancy was amongst those men in Goldcn-lane , and

      nobly defended the character of Mr O'Connor , and his conduct with the Evening Star . From that day ,, till within the last few months , he was kept a ' stranger ; and why ? Because he would not " renounce Chartism . and become a good Repealer . " ( Hear , hear . ) They no * had the why and tho wherefore ; and he would stand by that man , who at all times , and in all seasons , had the nobleness of soul to face the deadly prejudices of his own countrymen . ( Cheers . ) Mr Clancy was not a stranger in London , ' any more than O'Connor was a stranger in the city of Norwich ; and did that noble-minded people treat him as a stranger there ? He was glad this charge had not come from a reai Irishman , but from ono whose boyhood ' s days in London were a guarantee to

      the Isle of his fathers . ( Cheers . ) The next charge was that they were not , nor ever had beeii , Coiifede rates . Why every ono could see this was a falsehood . Their monies were acknowledged in the Nation " newspaper ; there were their cards of membership , ho himself had two . Their secretary arid * many others had cards of membership , almost from the earliest formation of the society . They had , also , last week , received an additional number of cards . They had the names of 100 Confederates on their books . There were sixty-six members of the Chartist Land Company who met every Monday night its that house , and

      amongst the rest was one Thomas Daly , of 8 , Cowcross , who had paid in his subscription and taken nut his card . ( Rears of laughter . ) Was it not evident that this same individual was playing a double game between themselves and the council ? but they shbuld know their man . He held in his hand a letter addressed to the ; secretary * who had very properly treated it with silent contempt ; but it would show the base means that were at work to undermine that man , and prevent his usefulness . It was as follows : — 8 , Red Lion-tourt , Cow-cros ? , March 2 fitb . 1847 .

      Sir , —I have been informed that a conversation , bad by me with Charles M'Carthy , has been by ihat gentleman entirely misunderstood , I am convinced that Mr M'Carthy would not misrepresent any person wilfully , buthehasmostccrtainly misapprehended me ; and , as a natural consequence , misinformed you , I understood that Mr M'Carthy , in his own blunt manner , has said , thatl accused you of being a " spy . " If it had been so said by any other person less esteemed for frankness tiy me , I would give it its shortest and most appropriate answer . Sir , the only conclusion that any person could draw from my words—that is the worst conclusion—was , that I . believed you to be rash , but certaintly not dishonest . ¦

      in conclusion , I think it no more than justice to you , and honourable to myself , to say emphatically that I do not believe jou to be—and never did believe you to bethe base personage Mr M'Carthy has supposed me to mean . If any further explanation is necessary , I shall be most happy to give it . If we cannot agree ( and I do not see any reason—if wo mean honestly by tho same course ;—why wo should not ) , God forbid that we should seek to slander each other , I am , your obedient servant , Mr L , Clancy . Thomas Dat .

      P . S . —I will set Mr M'Carthy , and I am surehewill acknowledge his error . They had now discovered the real "Simon Pure . " They could now , account for the conduct oftne council . The real spy . was now made manifest , and the silly attempt to bring us in antagonism with Mr O'Connor would fail . They knew O'Connor was deeply rooted in their affections . The blood-hounds of the Irish press would be glad to see them open the gates , that they might enjoy the chase ; They may worry them , but they would guard their friends .

      ( Loud cheers . ) With regard to the challenge so impudently held out , the object was to make a bear garden of their meetings . They should conduct their meetings as they had hitherto done , with gentlemanly conduct . Every ssn of Adam was welcome to come amongst them , and be heard ; but they would have no ruffianism . That was the wrong market lor such goods . Every man was welcome , then ,. who knew how to conduct himself in a manner creditable to himself , and thc character of a public meeting . Mr D . moved the following resolutions , and sat down amidst much cheering : — . ...

      That the many sacrifices to the cause of human liberty made by our secretary , Mr . I . T , Clancy , as well as the eminent services he has rendered that holy cause in tho ' Irish metropolis , his native city , command our warmest gratitude ; and that our' admiration of his gentletranly bearing , together with his brilliant talents , ever ready to piishforward the cause of universal emancipation , renders It Imperative on us to sustain him against the malicious attacks of any individual , however insignificant ; and seeing that an attempt has been made toimpedc his mag . nanimous career , we return our sincere thanks to P . O'Connor , Esq ., for the dignified rebuko he has administered to the would-be Irishmen , whose passions supersede their judgment , to the great detriment of the Irish character in England ,

      This meeting is of opinion that any person who has attaincd a public reputation in thc cause of human liberty , is not a stranger to this branch of the Irish Confederation , aud ought not to bo fl stranger to any body of democrats in any part of the world . Mr Hawkey felt gre & t pleasure in seconding tho resolution . Ho was a man of few words , but ha thought their secretary was used very badly , and he also thought contempt was the best way to use up such an individual . Some people had a morbid ambition to do harm ; a hungry appetite for mischief .

      Mr Cn-ARtES M'Oabmt said , ho could not sit silent when he saw a stigma cast upon their meetings , lie considered he was one of those three or four members of the Chartist Land Society , so called ; and feeling that he ought not to . be slandered , he would denounce this attempt at misrepresentation . Why that was the very individual through whose hands their first cards of membership came . Did he not stop below stairs while he ( Mr M'Carthy ) brought them up and laid them on that table ? ( " Vou did ! " ) And did they not on that very night , in accordance with his wishes , elect a deputation to wait on thc men of the West End ? ( "Wedid , " ) Andjdid it not afterwards turn thatout his invitation had no authority— that it was a hoax ? ( Shame ) Was not that a damning answer tthe that

      o charge they wore anxious to keep up a discussion ? They were willing , and had ever been willing , to unite with these men . Would to God that they would only speak for themselves , and not adopt a mouthpiece who was bringing disgrace on our national character ! He considered tbis was a gross falsehood on that meeting , and he was sure if the members only knew that the meeting was to entertain the subject that night , there was not ono but would have been present to . denounce the calumny . He was willing to place his country npon a firmer basis of independence than an English parliament would _ guarantee . He , too , might be charged with being a stranger to his countrymen in London—yet had he been toiling all hi « life-time for that countrv-hut because ho would not put his opinions into the pockets

      Of A Few Individuals, Or Follow Their Sl...

      of a few individuals , or follow their slavish sycophancy of a man—whom' they dared not da ? ort till second ciii'dltood had come upon him—why he too was a stranger . He believed , in his soul , thc whole of this mischief had sprung from one source . When Fox Lar ; e talW of ritlins Unee deep in Irish blood , he had , been foremost in calling a meeting to denounce him . Did the writer of this spiteful epistle then come forward ?—not a bit of it . He had denounced Mc Clancy at . a meeting , when he knew that gen * t Ionian was ill in bed j but how did he act the followinc night when Mr Clancy was present ? Why ha suffered as a great a political castigation as ever man got—by saying he saw nothing objectionable in Mr Cl , incv '« conduct and he finished up by a foul accu * sation upen Mr > . hn Collins , who has never since

      been amongst them . Tims a quarrel was created , nnd Mr Clnncv was charged with the noise . How were they to deal with sueh a man ? Mr M'Carthy entered at great length info the course of policy pursued by that meeting since its conimencemept ., and concluded by saying—such was our position , sic ; such will he our position again and again , till the ramparts of prejudice , disunion and selfish petty ambition , now tottering at their base , shall fall " unwept , unhonourcd , and unsung . " ( Cheers . ) Why was this opposition given to Mr Clancy ? Simply , because Mr Clancy was a Chartist ; but they dare not accuse him of it , because they were renegades themselves . Mr Clancy was a stranger because he came to preach liberty to all mankind , instead of a faction—for this they hated him , for this he is de . noiincfd as a stranger .

      Mr Tucker next addressed the meeting . Hebe » lievedbc was thc only Englishman amongst them , Fnr hk part he was taken by surprise when he heard of their secretary causing any disunion He ne-vet saw any hostility displayed by him . He saw hira always ready to collect money , and otherwise forward thc cause . Hewouldsaythecouncildid nottrcatthem right by not giving them an answer , but he thought they might to be in some measure excused , inasmuch as this individual had openly acknowledged that he had been tampering with them , and certainly mis- : representing them . If their meetings were not as large , as they might be , he knew it was attributable solely to the fineness of the weather . He himself had often debarred himself and family of recreation to D 6

      present at their meetings , but all would not do so ; , but all things -j-insidered , he thought their meetings * were as well attended as could be expcCTed . He had sometimes witnessed them inconveniently thronged , ; and should do so again . Ho thought that the attempt , to lessen them wculd only tend to . show , men the necessity of supporting such persevering minds . They all . knew their secretary had no pecuniary Interest in the matter , the only thing . he seemed to get wasabuse ; yet he seemed to be quite contented and happy even with that . ( Laughter . ) He was surprisedat this individual sneering at the "Chartist Land Company . " Why he was in the room himself at Turn * again-lane , when he saw him take out his card as- a member of the Charter Association . Thii was a sort

      of Jem Crowism that ought to be deprecated . He had always a strong opinion of tho uprightness of Mr Clancy , and it was much strengthened by his slight acquaintance in that room , and he was ready to place the utmost confidence in his honour and integrity . Mn Dairympms said , he always thoueht that being a stranger was an additional impetus to Irishmen to treat him well . Even in tbis instance this individual would reverse the natural character of Irish- ; men . He had often heard of Mr Clancy , and b & d often been asked who waa this gentleman , and had frequently heard persons exclaim "he is a devilish clever fellow who ever he is . " He was a Scotchman himself , and , he thought at one time the Irish bad tails ( laughter ) , but he visited Dublin and was greatly surprised to find them , at the breakfast table .

      the counter , the bench , or the drawing room , a superior people to any he had ever met . He thought they ought to treat the matter with disdain ; they all knew who and what their secretary was , and hie " believed there ' was some dirty ulterior object in view , and an opportunity pughtnpt tt !^ c given to accomplish it . MhO'LEAathextaddressed themeeting . He was glad to see the unanimity that prevailed ; he had heard this individual once for two hours , -and ho must say that he never was more disgusted in his life , and he resolved never again to go to a meeting where he was , ^ He was of opinion that the mattec should drop ; it was a rule in logic to consider an argument worthless without proofs . A discussion ensued on the regular business of the evening , the further consideration of which was adjoiKned till the following Sunday evening ; . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting broke up .

      United Patriots' And Patriarchs'. Benefi...

      UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS ' . BENEFIT SOCIETIES . The ! anniversary of tho " Windsor branch of these societies was held on the 26 th inst , at the - Free House , Clcver-lane , when the members sat down to an excellent dinner , provided by Mr John Webberj the worthy host . The general secretary being invited by the members out of respectjto his exertion ? , we are happy to say was present . Mr Joseph George , the father of the branch , occupied the chair . After the members bad done ample justice to the spread , the cloth being withdrawn , the chairman proposed , " Prosperity to thc Institutions , " and expressed himself happy in seeing tho efforts of their worthy agents , the members and himself , crowned

      with success . The toast was responded to with three times three . The health of the general secretary and agents was nest given v > ith musical honours , which was replied to by the secretary and ; also by Mr Badcqck , the agent , who thanked them for the high opinion they entertained oi his conduct , and pledged himself to renewed exertions . The health of the patrons , T , S . Duncomhe , T . W & Wey , and L . J . Hansard , Esqrs ., was drank with approbation . In the evening the song and merry dance abounded . Early next morning the company departed , delighted with the few hours they had passed in tbe commemoration oi doing good .

      Trades* Movements. Babrhead.—A Large Pub...

      TRADES * MOVEMENTS . Babrhead . —A large public meeting , called for tha purpose of testing public opinion regarding the system of reducing wages , was held on Wenesday evening last , on the hillside , behind the Catholic school " house ; Mr Peter ^ Craw fotd in the chair , who opened the proceedings in a neat and appropriate address , and concluded by calling on John Cathy , priuter . Me Cathy addressed tbe meeting at considerable length , after which he proposed the following resolution : — That we , tho inhabitants of Barrhead , in public-meet , ing assembled , do consider the practice of reducing wages in times of commercial depression as being un . sound in policy and unjust in principle ; inasmuch as it is inimical to the best interests of all classes of the

      community , Tho resolution having been seconded by Mr Robert ' Wingate , printer , in a clear and convincing address which , repeated / y el / cited" the applause of the meetins , it was putand carried unanimously . Mr Duncan Robertson , miner , proposed the nexfc resolution , which was te the effect : — That those who are contending against preferred reduction of wages are entitled not only to the sympall J , but to the support of tbe public generally , Mr Robertson said the coal and iron masters had

      made an attempt to take twenty-five per cent off tbe wages of the miners , but he was proud to state that the men were nobly resisting the proffered reduction , in a great many instances they had been successful , and were commencing work at their former prices . There was yet , however , not less than 6 , 000 miners still on strike , and although a greater portion of that number had been out these five or six weeks , yet they were as determined now as they were the first day they struck , not to accept of less than what they had when they came out .

      The resolution was seconded by Mr John Russell , printer , and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was then given to Mr Millan , for granting the use of his ground , and also to Ihe chairman . There were at least 4 , 000 persons present . Busiiby . —A public meeting was held on Thursday night , in the Oddfellows Hall , Bushby ; Mr William Macpherson in the chair . Thc meeting was addressed by Mr Peter Clark , printer , Bushby ; and William Wingate , Cathy , Brawford , and Robertson , from Baerhead . Resolutions werepassed in favour of the Association of United Trades . At Ihe close of the meeting , a considerable number of members were enrolled ,

      The Journal Des Dibats Publishes Account...

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      prospects of the approaching harvests , which they say have no parallel , as regard quantity and quality , in the annals of agriculture . „ , „ „ „ , The large portion of the works of the Hull Flax and Cotton Company are stepped , owing to a strike of the hands arising from their wages being reduced from " iwSb wnilddoTOlI to be exceedingly cwefal in

      examining Bank of England notes before they are taken , as there are some forged notes now for lation of most superior workmanship , m resemblance to the true notes is carried most minute particulars . Among the antiquities which will be fwr England from the ruins of Nineveh , win ged bulls , about ten . feet square , and colossal winged lions . The Earl of Dalhousie has been a Governor-General of India , and Sir Henry as Governeret Madras . It is said that Smith will succeed Sir H . Pottingcr as tlf c Cape , wtere he vf 9 A long BtatWRSd . fo capaoKy . iuj

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31071847/page/7/